# 2200.1 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) *Act* means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 651-678.
(b) *Commission, person,* *employer,* and *employee* have the meanings set forth in section 3 of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 652.
(c) *Secretary* means the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's duly authorized representative.
(d) *Executive Secretary* means the Executive Secretary of the Commission.
(e) *Affected employee* means an employee of a cited employer who is exposed to or has access to the hazard arising out of the allegedly violative circumstances, conditions, practices, or operations.
(f) *Judge* means an Administrative Law Judge appointed pursuant to section 12(e) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 661(e), as amended by Public Law 95-251, 92 Stat. 183, 184 (1978).
(g) *Authorized employee representative* means a labor organization that has a collective bargaining relationship with the cited employer and that represents affected employees who are members of the collective bargaining unit.
(h) *Representative* means any person, including an authorized employee representative, authorized by a party or intervenor to represent it in a proceeding.
(i) *Citation* means a written communication issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to section 9(a) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 658(a).
(j) *Notification of proposed penalty* means a written communication issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to section 10(a) or (b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 659(a) or (b).
(k) *Day* means a calendar day.
(l) *Working day* means all days except Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal holidays.
(m) *Proceeding* means any proceeding before the Commission or before a Judge.
(n) *Pleadings* are complaints and answers filed under § 2200.34, statements of reasons and employers' responses filed under § 2200.38, and petitions for modification of abatement and objecting parties' responses filed under § 2200.37. A motion is not a pleading within the meaning of these rules.
[84 FR 14558, Apr. 10, 2019; 84 FR 45654, Aug. 30, 2019]